Today in Pictures: Jan. 25, 2013

Authorities carry out the court-ordered amputation of the fingers of a convicted thief in a public square in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz, Jan. 24, 2013. Convicted for being part of a 10-member gang that carried out burglaries in the city, he was sentenced to the amputation of three fingers, the confiscation of his property and three years in prison. (Mohsen Tavarro/AP Photo )